On Saturday my bleary-eyed wander into the kitchen was greeted by the sight of 2 lively, healthy and evidently hungry blackbird fledglings bouncing around outside the French windows with both parents in eager attendance.
The garden has suddenly burst into life and with it its wildlife. Along with the resident blackbirds - at least 2 if not 3 fledglings, all flying short distances fairly confidently - there have been plenty of blue tits and fluffy young ones, great tits - whose rather tedious call I have only just identified www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nDLF2fxoWQ - green finches, dunnocks and robins. Nowadays there are always red kites on patrol overhead and while I was clearing last years dead leaves I disturbed a fairly large and very splendid frog.
The snails have also started waking up and have managed to chomp the tops of all my shooting dahlias in the greenhouse. Apparently it's due to be a bumper year for slugs and snails after all the rain we had last year. One can only hope this is good news for thrushes, hedgehogs and the like.
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